Log-loading attachment for skidways



(No Model.) 1 2 Sheets-Sheet 1i 7 0. BATEMAN & W. H. LYDA. LOG LOADING ATTACHMENT FOB. SKIDWAYS.

No. 556,571. Patented Mar. 1'7, 1896.

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' 4 2 Sheets-Sheet 2. 0. BATEMAN & W. H. LYDA. LOG LOADING ATTACHMENT FOR SKIDWAYS.

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Patented Mar. 17, 1896.

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CHARLES BATEMAN AND WVILLIAM H. LYDA, OF GALES CREEK, OREGON; SAID LYDA ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF OF HIS RIGHT TO BRICE \VILSON, OF FOREST GROVE, OREGON.

LOG-LOADING ATTACHMENT FOR SKIDWAYS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 556,571, dated March 17, 1896.

Application filed February 23, 1893. Serial No. 468,447. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern: extending horizontally through the platform Be it known that we, CHARLES BATEMAN on which the skidways are mounted to the and WILLIAM H. LYDA, citizens of the United reach of the sawyer, so that by operating the States, residing at Gales Creek, \Vashington said shaft d the lifting-arms may be raised county, and State of Oregon, have invented a and lowered again. The cams a and lifting- 5 5 certain new and useful Log-Loading Attacharms 0 are connected with each other by means ment for Skidways, of which the following is of the rods 6, provided With turnbuckles e, a specification, reference being had to the acthe ends of said rods being respectively atcompanying drawings as a part hereof. tached to the ears a on the cams and to the Our invention relates to mechanical conears 0 on the lifting-arms 0, thus the position 60 trivances designed to be used in place of the and throw of the cam maybe adjusted as re ordinary blocks to slip or load the logs after quired. The skids, as seen in Fig. 4, have lonhaving been turned off the skidways or platgitudinal grooves g along their bottom edges form onto the carriage conveying the same to adapted to permit the rods eto operate therethe saw. It is our object to combine such in in rotating or throwing the cams a. In the 65 contrivanoe with the usual stationary skiddrawings such groove is shown as extended ways on the platform, and to place the operalong the entire length of said bottom edges ating of the same under the control of the of the skids and the lifting-arms 0, provided sawyer, so as to economize labor. To carry with tongues c at their ends, adapted to be our invention into effect we provide said stainserted in said grooves as such lifting-arms 7o tionary skidways with adjustable skids, raise the skids to a cant. This last-described adapted to be thrown at a steep incline and construction is optional, however, and the returned back in place, as illustrated in the grooves and tongues had preferably be omitaccompanying drawings above referred to, ted when my invention is designed for very and hereinafter described. heavy work, to avoid having parts broken by In the drawings, Figure 1 is a detail of an lateral knocks. The said skids A and their attachment to prevent injury to the skids; operating mechanism are inclosed in hous- Fig. 2, aperspective view of skidways or plating 1), as shown, which housing is fitted in the form with our invention attached, a portion stationary skidways Z), so that the facings 30 of the carriage being also shown so as to make will be flush therewith. The springs f, (see the illustration more comprehensive. Fig. 3 Figs. 2, 3, and 6,) provided at the inner ends is a sectional side elevation on lines at at, Fig. of said housing, press lightly against the 2, showing the platform, a portion of the housends of the skids, and are designed to keep out ing for the adjustable skids, and the mechanlitter and dirt, which otherwise might get in- 3 5 ism for operatingsame. Fig.4isabottom View side of such housing and interfere with the of an adjustable skid, the housing therefor, working of said skids. To facilitate the reand stationary skidways; and Figs. 5 and 6 moving of cants we have provided the rollers are details of construction. g, and g (see Fig. 1,) supported in suit- The letters designate the respective parts able bearings 011 the exterior of said housing, 40 of our invention referred to. as shown in the drawings. The use of these Two of our log-loading attachments are used rollers is optional, however, they being mainly ordinarily, but for heavy logs it may become intended to prevent wear of the skids by cants necessary to use more. being pulled to and fro over them, as is usu- The construction of our invention is as folally the case in mills in which no pony-saw 45 lows: The skids A, which may be made of is used. The skids are also provided with wood or iron, as deemed preferable, are sup rollers h at their inner corners to prevent the ported at one end on cams a, pivoted on their latter from mashing into the logs and holding journals a in the housing 12 of said skids, and the same in case a log should be thrown so far the other ends of the skids are supported on over as to fall on such corners.

5o lifting-arms 0 (see Fig. 5) fixed on a shaft cl, In constructing our invention the parts thereof should be so arranged and proportioned that when the skids A are placed at their steepest incline the outer ends thereof will project upward sufficiently to come a trifle above the head blocks on the carriage, and sufficiently outward to extend a trifle past the ends of the head-blocks, so that there will be no exposed corners to catch the logs when rolled on the carriage.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is- In a log-loading attachment for skidways', the combination of aplatform, movable skids mounted crosswise of the same therein, housings for said skids in the platform, cams mounted in the housings, pivotally supporting the outer ends of said skids a horizontal CHARLES BATEMAN. WILLIAM H. LYDA.

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G. G. AMEs, .T. GEIsLER. 

